Page 101 of Trailer Trash

The GPS pins her car exactly where it should be.

Good.

Meghan beams at me from across the room. As usual, she’s in lingerie. Her little black bob bounces as she flies at me with open arms. We hug, but my attention is across the giant room. This hall houses themed stages. Only one is in use. It’s a regular-looking bedroom. Two men are fucking a blonde — one in her ass, the other in her pussy.

“Busy day,” I murmur.

“Yes, sir. Want to get in on it? I won’t charge you for the blow.”

I open my wallet and pull out some cash. “Nah, I’m good.”

Yet, something draws my attention back to the threesome. I can’t quite figure out why. I stroll that way, slower than my usual gait. My eyes narrow, trying to focus.

Halfway there, I stop.

“No. It can’t be,” I mumble.

One guy pulls on the girl’s hair, yanking her head back. She lets out a long, pained moan.

“Nina?”

“You know her?” Meghan asks.

“Mm-hm, she’s my brother’s fiancée.”

She eyes me for a moment. “Hm. Neither guy is your brother, huh?”

I shake my head.

Meghan sighs and speaks low.

“Don’t make a scene, please. It’s live.”

I grunt, then wait for the spectacle to finish. Nina wraps a robe around her naked body. She walks funny off the set, but laughs and talks to the guys like they’re old pals.

“What the fuck, Nina?”

Based on how wide her eyes bulge, she didn’t expect to see me here. She grasps her robe more tightly around herself.

“What are you doing here?” she says.

Meghan pulls two baggies of powder from a makeup table.

“One for you for the… good work,” she says to Nina, then glances at me. “And one for you, Killy.”

“Thanks.” I stuff it into my back pocket, but fixate on Nina.

She shrugs, her expression a mix of shame and defeat. “I guess we’re both using.”

“I’m not engaged and fucking other people. Does my brother know?”

She frowns. “It doesn’t mean anything! Don’t tell River.”

I laugh, loud and mocking. “Why would I hide this from him?”

“Does your family know you relapsed? That’s the only reason I am doing this — to get high. Just a little bit.”

“River doesn’t give you money to buy shit?”